NEWS
It will cost you USD 20 a month to watch the IFSC World Cup live-streaming starting from this weekend in Meiringen. IFSC has signed a 3-year contract with FloSports, which is a US based company covering many sports. Here you can pay USD 20 a month och 150 a year.
This is another example of bad communication skills by IFSC. Why not explain the background and rational for their decision? How could they not make the first event free of charge so we could possibly see an improvement. However, in any case, it is extremely expensive in comparison what you get on other sport channels or Netflix etc.
Since IFSC published the news on Facebook two hours ago, they have gotten 36 comments, almost of them critical. Austria climbing, who will run the Youth World Champion in 2017 and the World Champion in 2018, has posted this picture and a very strong statement,
"No crowd? Is this the future of world cup climbing? The World Cup live stream will no longer be free: A decision we oppose because we believe that access to competition streams should be as easy as possible. If you think the same, head over to International Federation of Sport Climbing and make your voice heard!"
Jorg Verhoeven on FB: "Another great step backwards."
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275 April 2017
IFSC are indeed "victim of their success"
Imagine what the sponsors at Meiringen and other World Cups will think when, according to the record negative social media comments, the audience might drop by more than 90 %. What will the IFSC general sponsors think, as well as, the sponsors for the athletes that are supposed to travel around the world to get good exposure? Will any eliminated athlete volunteer for co-commentating the semi and final?
The climbing social media is setting some kind of record when it comes to criticism. You can understand that something is dead wrong when, Austria Climbing, the organizer of the World Champion 2018, has asked us all to make our voice heard.
Bare in mind that the Boulder World Cup 2017 is about travelling: Europe, China, China, Japan, USA, India and Europe. This just might be a good opportunity for the gyms and companies like Adidas to put together an European Cup or World League, including free live-streaming, that might become equally important as the IFSC Boulder World Cup.
Three weeks ago, the IFSC President Marco Scolaris, was very concerned about the future of IFSC during an official press conference.
"We expect to convince IOC, but not only, that hopefully before 2020 that we deserve some help, because the sport is growing too fast and we do not have the resources to manage the sport. If it goes on in this way and our income does not increase and therefore we are not able to hire additional human resources. We will become victim of our success."
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7Persze, hogy nem vรฉn kecske egy 40-es รฉveiben jรกrรณ faszi - dehogy megรผsse azt a vilรกgszรญnvonalat ahol a legerลsebb รฉs legtechnikรกsabb fiatalok feszegetik a hatรกrokat, azรฉrt az mindenkรฉppen respektรกlandรณ - nagyjรกbรณl teljesen a fokozattรณl fรผggetlenรผl.
Dai Koyamada (aki kb. 15 รฉve mรกszik a 8C szint kรถrnyรฉken รฉs elvileg a legtรถbb 8C+ bouldert nyitotta amik vagy lefokozรณdtak, vagy ismรฉteletlenek vagy csak nem veszรผnk rรณla tudomรกst) ugyanis a hรฉtvรฉgรฉn a Nayuta nevลฑ 8C+ bouldert nyitotta meg: รญgy az Instagram post, "Yeeeeeees!!! Today I succeeded the hardest problem ever in my life after many falls and screams!"
Szemรฉly szerint รฉrthetetlen szรกmomra, hogy Amerikรกt miรฉrt a fiatal tinik mรกszรกsaival lehet megetetni รฉs az ilyen csodabogรกrnak szรกmรญtรณ Zenekkel mint Dai vagy akรกr a szintรฉn japรกn Yuji Hirayama (aki az elsล 8c on-sight birtokosa a vilรกgon) pedig a mรกszรณmรฉdia egyรกltalรกn nem foglalkozik.
De visszatรฉrve Dรกj teljesรญtmรฉnyรฉre - ez igen elgondolkodtatรณ. Nemrรฉg vitatkoztam valakivel arrรณl, a mรกszรกs mennyire szรกmรญt azon รฉlsportok kรถzรฉ, ahol az emberek fiatalon kiรฉgnek. Szertornรกban fลkรฉnt a hรถlgyeknรฉl lรกthatunk rรก szรกmos pรฉldรกt a mรบltbรณl (lรกsd. gerenda), hogy a pubertรกs kor megkezdรฉsรฉvel gyakorlatilag tizedelลdnek a nลi sportolรณk, a zsรญrszรถvetek feldรบsolnak - ami mรฉg egy รบszรกsbรณl is kรฉpes kizรกrni a sportolรณkat, nemhogy egy esztรฉtikรกra รฉpรผlล mลฑfajnรกl. Tรฉny amit tรฉny: kevรฉs szertornรกsz nล รฉri meg karrierjรฉben a 18-20 รฉves kort. De ez egy kirรญvรณ eset, a legtรถbb sportรกg esetรฉben ez a "csรบcsidลszak" valahol 25-30 รฉves kor kรถrnyรฉkรฉn รกll be. A robbanรฉkonysรกgot igรฉnylล sportoknรกl (pl. 100m sรญkfutรกs, hรกrmasugrรกs, vadvรญzi kajak) kicsit talรกn elลbb jรถn el, de nagyjรกbรณl a harmincas รฉletkor az amit รบgy tartanak az ember igazรกn 'ereje teljรฉben" van, ekkor lehet leadni a legnagyobb jattot. De hol helyezkedik el a mรกszรกs? Az รฉn szerรฉny vรฉlemรฉnyem szerint nem tudjuk. Mivel fiatal sportรกgrรณl van szรณ, elรฉg kevรฉs mรกszรณnk van, aki versenyszerลฑen vagy รฉletvitelszerลฑen nyomta รฉvtizedeken รกt a mรกszรกst, รญgy nincs pontos rรกlรกtรกs arra, hogy egy ennyire รถsszetett sportรกgban - hol jรถn el nagy รกtlagban a 'hanyatlรกs idลszaka' - csรบnya szรณval kifejezve. Az amerikai Chris Sharma 32 รฉvesen mรกszta legnehezebb รบtjรกt a La dura dura-t, de jelenleg is azt pletykรกljรกk 9b/+ kรถrรผli utakat projektel. Az รกllรณkรฉpessรฉgnek a kor nem szab hatรกrt elรฉg sokรกig - vรฉlekednek egyes kutatรณk, รฉs ezt tรกmasztja alรก az 5000m รฉs 10000m sรญkfutรกs vilรกgrekordere is, Kenenisa Bekele - aki 35 รฉvesen fejรฉbe vette, hogy megdรถnti a maraton vilรกgrekordjรกt is, ami tavaly mรกr csak 6 secundumon mรบlt neki (2:03:03 - Berlin), idรฉn รกprilisban pedig a Londoni maratonra kรฉszรผl a vilรกgrekord dรถntรฉsre.
Az Ironman รฉs triatlon versenyeknรฉl is kรถztudott, hogy a jรณ versenyzลk nem huszonรฉvesek. A tavalyi vilรกgbajnoksรกgot pรฉldรกul a nรฉmet Jan Frodeno nyerte szintรฉn 35 รฉvesen.
De nagyon elkanyarodtunk a mรกszรกstรณl. Szรณval hol a hatรกr? Leginkรกbb a sรฉrรผlรฉsek szabnak itt (is) szerintem hatรกrt, hogy nem gyรณgyรญtja รบgy a szervezet magรกt 40 รฉvesen mint huszonรฉvesen รฉs emiatt mรกr nem biztos, hogy az ember tudja dรถngetni a rรฉgi hatรกrokat. De erre is vรฉgtelen kirรญvรณ pรฉldรกt talรกlunk a mรกszรณtรถrtรฉnelemben is. Amire szerintem รฉrdemes fejben felkรฉszรผlni az az, hogy elfogadjuk a tรฉnyt miszerint lesz egyszer egy csรบcs รฉs utรกna fokozatok terรฉn nem tudjuk ugyanazt nyรบjtani mint korรกbban. HA megvan az intelligenciรกnk ahhoz, hogy megbarรกtkozzunk ennek a gondolatรกval - azzal a jรถvลben szรกmos barรกtunk vรกllรกrรณl vesszรผk le a terhet - akik egyรฉbkรฉnt a mi sirรกnkozรกsunk hallgatรกsรกra vannak kรฉnyszerรญtve a kรถzรถs edzรฉsek sorรกn.
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04 April 2017
9a+ by Eric Albertini
UP-Climbing reports that Eric Albertini has done the first repeat of Stefano Ghisolfi's 50 meters link up in Massone, Ultimatum 9a+. Previously, Eric has done all the five routes that are connected, including Thunder Ribes 9a last week. (c) Luca Pialorsi
In total, around 60 - 80 guys plus Margo Hayes are estimated to have done a 9a+ before, depending how strict you are on down gradings. (Thanks to Felipe Camargo for helping us counting). Just during the last 12 months, almost 20 guys have done 9a+. The first 9a+ was put up by Alex Huber in the mid 90'ies.
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0Imagine counting down the seconds in a boulder final and the athlete make a mega dyno to the final hold at 3.59, holds the big swing and the crowd goes wild. Few seconds later they might get even more adrenaline in the body as the referee says the boulder was not topped in a controlled way with both hands within 4 minutes.
The IFSC rule says that the athlete, within the time limit,
"Controlled the marked finishing hold of the Boulder with both hands."
Another time dilemma might occur when the athlete reaches the last hold at 3.55 with one hand but touches only the top with both hands at 4.00. The control position occurs 4.01.
Imagine the gold in Tokyo will be decided based on a judge subjective opinion in regards tenth of seconds. Probably this will not happen but IFSC must have this in mind, so IOC and the non-climbing spectators do not just shake their heads in 2020. Siked.nl has also published an analisis with a suggestion.
There are many solutions and the most drastic one should be to start on two boulders at the same time which would reduce the time almost with 50 %. The solution for the referee problem above is to say that it is good enough to touch the top with one hand within the four minutes limit and then you can use as many seconds you want to control it.
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14 April 2017
Alex Huber jรณslatainak igazsรกgtartalma
1994-ben, Alex Huber megnyitotta a Weisse Rose nevลฑ mรฉszkล sportutat a Schleier Wasserfallon, mint egy 8c+ nehรฉzsรฉgลฑ utat, pont mint az Action Directe ami akkoriban mรฉg 8c+ -ra volt befokozva Gรผllichtลl. A legutรณbbi interjรบjรกban azt mondta: "Ma a โWeisse Roseโ fokozata egyรฉrtelmลฑen 9a+ lenne", az alรกbbi kรฉpen az FA kรถzben lรกthatjuk Huber bรกcsit. Az az igazsรกg, hogy a Huber รกltal nyitott Schleieri utak mรกra mรกr mind fel(jebb) lettek fokozva, s azt is รฉrdemes megemlรญteni, hogy a Weisse Rose 9a รฉs Opan Air 9a+ csak Adam Ondra ismรฉtelte egyedรผl.
Huber mesรฉlte, hogy 1995-ben a Fred Rouhling รกltal nyitott Akira รบt 9b fokozรกsa utรกn elkezdtek kicsit ellรกgyulni a fokozatok. 2003-ban Bernabe Fernandez megnyitotta a Chilam Balam 80m hosszรบ durrantรณs szรถrnyeteget, mint 9b+ -t, amit Huber erลsen megkรฉrdลjelezett, "Nem tudom komolyan venni Barnabรฉ fokozatra tett javaslatรกt, nem lรกtom azokat a mรกszรณskilleket, amik ลt ennyivel a vilรกg tรถbbi mรกszรณja fรถlรฉ emelnรฉk." - ma mรกr mind tudjuk, hogy neki volt igaza.
Az is emlรญtรฉsre kerรผlt, hogy a La Rambla original ami az elsล standig tartรณ Rambla verziรณ Hubertลl, valรณjรกban ma mรกr nem 8c+ kapna, hanem elfรฉrne a 9a-k kรถzรถtt is. Amikor รบjra kรฉrdeztรฉk Alexet รบgy elmรฉlkedett - az elmรบlt รฉvtizedben vรฉgbement "fokozatok inflรกlรณdรกsรกnak" kรถvetkeztรฉben, az oldschool mรกszรณiskolรกk szรกmos รบtjรกt รกt kellene fokozni.
Ma mรกr 2017-ben tudjuk, hogy Alex Huber az รกltala mรกszott utakkal รฉs befokozรกsokkal igazรกn megelลzte korรกt. Beleรฉrthetjรผk ebbe az extrรฉm nehรฉz nagyfalas FA-it รฉs az egyik legnehezebb solo mรกszรกsรกt a mรกszรณtรถrtรฉnelemnek a The Kommunist 8b+ -al mรฉg 2004-bลl. Utรณlag mรกr kijelenthetjรผk, egyike a mรกszรณtรถrtรฉnelmรผnket leginkรกbb befolyรกsolรณ szemรฉlyeknek, a modern sportmรกszรกsnak รฉs fokozatok kialakulรกsรกnak egyik leginkรกbb meghatรกrozรณ alakja. Kronologikusan is รฉs fokozatok tekintetรฉben is valamifรฉle รกtmenetet kรฉpez Gรผllich รฉs Sharma kรถzรถtt. Ha pedig helyes az idรฉzet miszerint; "Egy fiatal sportรกg akkor fejlลdik jรณl, ha a kรถvetkezล generรกciรณ mindig az elลzล vรกllรกra tud รกllni" - akkor Gรผllich papa vรกllรกra bizony a legjobb szemรฉly kerรผlt.
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0Over 64 000 members have added and star rated 4.3 million ascents which, though our Ticklist, will show you the best climbs in the world. In total, you can get Ticklist for over 4 000 crags and 1 700 boulder areas around the globe. You can search by specific grades, highest rating or by climbs that have been onsighted and flashed the most.
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03 April 2017
Anna Stรถhr does 8B+ and 8B on the same day
Anna Stรถhr, the #1 female boulder competition climber of all time, comes with amazing news on Instagram. (c) Alfons Dornauer
"Today I climbed 'steppenwolf' 8b and 'new base line' 8b+... after checking out the moves for the first time on Saturday I did both problems today."
New Base Line was put up by Bernd Zangerl as 8C, but has later been down graded. It should be noted, however, that the 8B+ grade has never been questioned in the 8a database. With regard to Steppenwolf, some have suggested 8A+, though it should be considered a soft 8B. This means that Anna Stรถhr once again has set new standards in female bouldering.
Next week, Anna will compete in the World Cup in Meiringen, trying to win her 23rd World Cup. The Austrian has also won the World Championship twice.
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03 April 2017
Alex Huber was right and deserves more credit
In 1994, Alex Huber put up Weisse Rose in Schleier Wasserfalle as an 8c+, which was based on Action Directe being 8c+. In a recent interview he says, "Today, the grade of โWeisse Roseโ is definitely 9a+," making it the first in the world (see picture). In fact, three of his hardest routes have all been upgraded and only repeated by Adam Ondra.
Huber says that it was in 1995 after the 9b proposal for Akira by Fred Rouhling that grades started to become softer. In 2003, Bernabe Fernandez put up Chilam Balam as a 9b+, which Huber questioned, "I cannot take Bernabรฉ's proposal seriously as I can't see any references that would demonstrate his skills of climbing at such a high level -- far above the rest of the world," for which he was criticized for. Now we know he was right.
He also said that La Rambla original does not add so much difficulty in comparison to his first anchor 8c+. He was questioned again, but now we know he was right, and his variation is now considered 9a. In fact, he said back then that due to grade inflation, most of the hardest old-school routes need to get upgraded.
As of 2017, we know that Alex Huber was both ahead of his time when it comes to climbing and understanding the grade system. This includes his world class FA big walls and having done the hardest solo route in the history: The Communist 8b+ in 2004. It is time to say that he is one of the very best and most influential climbers in the world!
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36Thilo Jeldrik Schrรถter has had tremendous development the last years, especially when it comes to flashes. During just the last 40 days, the Norwegian has flashed four 8As and two 8A+s, making him the new #1 in the flash ranking. Next week, Thilo will compete in the Boulder World Cup. (c) Tina Hafsaas - Tea with Elmarie 8A+ in Rocklands.
"I think my progress in flashing comes mainly from getting better and stronger overall. I have always enjoyed the challenge of flashing, so I guess I have practiced it quite a lot. The only thing that makes you a better flasher apart from becoming a better climber is the mental game. Obviously you need to be hungry on the flash and you need to know the beta. However, putting too much effort into the preparation is counter productive for me. Since 99% of all flash attempts on boulders at your very limit fail, putting more time into preparation than watching a video or two, and giving the holds a solid brush, would ruin my joy with climbing. And joy is key to success after all."
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48Jorge Diaz-Rullo reports on Instagram that he has made the first ascent of Cafe Colombia in Margalef. At 27, heโs already stacked four 9b+ sends and now heโs adโฆ
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